Built for Ellerman Lines Ltd. (Hall Line), Liverpool and launched on Friday 2 October 1936 by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton. Her 3 stage steam turbine engine was built by the shipbuilder. Her statistics were 6361 grt, length 461 feet, beam 56 feet and 27 feet draft.
She was scrapped at Bilbao, arriving there on 17 May 1965